Roden's Corner

by Henry Seton Merriman

Hugh Stowell Scott (1863?-1903) wrote under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman. He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, devoted himself to writing novels late in his life, many of which had proved popular. His other works include: "The Slave of the Lamp," "The Sowers," "In Kedar's Tents," and "Isle of Unrest."

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1898

About the author

Hugh Stowell Scott was an English novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman).

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1862, he became an underwriter at Lloyd's of London, but then devoted himself to travel and to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. Scott visited India as a tourist in 1877-8 and set his novel Flotsam (1896) there. He was an enthusiastic traveller, many of his journeys being undertaken with his friend and fellow author Stanley J. Weyman. He was unusually modest and retiring in character. He died of appendicitis at the age of about forty at Melton, Suffolk.